The White Rabbit [Alice in Borderland]

Chapter 1 - The New Team

I stepped into the building, hearing the beep of the laser I walked through. "Are we sure about this? According to my calculations it should be a clubs game, you know we aren't great at those" Enji, my friend said as he grabbed onto my arm tightly. Enji was a puss, a sweet guy but definitely a puss. He doesn't get along easily with people but after our first spades game together where I carried him through it, he's trusted me. "It's fine, I can get along with people" I told him as we started walking to the main area where we saw a group of five, looking down at their phones already. They looked up at us, eyeing us as if we're dangerous, guess I looked a bit dangerous having a guy bigger than me clung to my arm in fear. I walked up to the table in the center, grabbing two phones and handing one to Enji who kept one hand tightly on my arm. The phones registered us and we moved to one of the walls, waiting for the game registration to end. "Hey! You know what's happening? We got out of our car awhile ago and everyone was gone" one of the guys in the group spoke up, slowly walking towards us. I moved back with Enji a bit but he kept coming forward. I didn't take a second look before pulling my arm away from Enji and pulling out my switchblade. I held it towards him as he held up his hands in defense, his group eyeing me in shock.

"No need to pull out a blade, alright? We're just looking for some clarification" another man walked up to his friend, putting a hand on his shoulder as he lowered his hands. "And why would we help you?" Enji spoke up, looking them up and down, he did look intimidating while doing that. "We can probably find an arrangement of some sort, we can help you somehow probably?" The second man spoke again. I thought about it before putting away my switchblade and letting Enji hold onto me again. "So you just got here?" I questioned and they sighed, the rest of the group walking up to us. "Yes, we got here a few hours ago. No one was anywhere, everything was turned off and no lights was on" the woman of the group spoke up. "Okay so basically-" I was cut off as our phones spoke up. I lifted mine as the others did the same.

Game registration is now closed.
Total of players: 7 players
Difficulty: 4 of spades
Game: Stay Awake

"Hah! I told you it wasn't a clubs game!" I laughed at Enji who rolled his eye at me, only having one after a previous game we played. "Game? What type of game?" The woman spoke up again. "No idea, she has to explain the rules but she usually takes a while" I sighed. "She?" Another man asked. "The voice, no idea who she is but she explains the games. The type of game is determined by the suit of the card. Diamonds is wits, tests your intelligence. Spades is strength, agility and speed. Clubs is balance, usually team games. Hearts is the worst, plays with your emotions and manipulates you. You can't get through a hearts game without someone dying, don't play hearts games with people you care about unless you're really smart and lucky" I explained. "So this is strength?" The woman questioned and I nodded with a small grin. "Everyone is good at something. Either you're a spades player, diamonds, hearts or clubs. I'm a Spades Player" I walked towards the lit up door. "And your name?" One of the men asked as they followed us. "Even I don't know her name! I just call her Bunny" Enji told them with a laugh as he held my arm with one of his hands. "Just call her Bunny, i'm Enji" he introduced himself.

We walked into the room, the floor was almost like a mattress, there were dozens of pillows and blankets. "Oh shit" I sighed.

Rules:
Don't fall asleep.
Stay awake until the end of the game.
Time limit: 12 hours

"Looks like we're gonna be here a while" I sighed and too a sweat against a wall of pillows. "What? I don't understand" the woman said as they sat down like a circle with me and Enji. "You play the game. For 24 hours you aren't allowed to sleep, survive those hours and you get to live. It's literally life or death" I told her. "Life or death, so if we die.. what happens?" Another man appeared, he caught my eye a bit more. Shaggy beard that went just slightly under his chin, fluffy black hair that hung over his eyes when he tilted his head. He looked tired and scared but not in the way that people would notice. "Based on how our other games have gone.. since we didn't get a collar or bracelet or anything that could physically kill us.. I'm assuming we'll be shot down" I thought through our options. "Shot down?" The woman looked at me in fear. "Yeah, when a player doesn't complete a game or reach a destination in a game or however you now could lose in your current game, if you don't have a collar or anything that could hurt you. You get shot down. It's a lazar that literally shoots down from the sky, right through the head" I did a gun motion on the bottom on my chin. "Jeez" the man I spoke to first sighed.